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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 192, Issue -, Pages 241-249Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.09.163
Keywords
Intestinal mucosa; beta-Defensin; Toll-like receptor; Inflammation
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The study identified porcine beta-defensin 114 (PBD114) as an endotoxin-responsive gene expressed in intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) and found that it regulates NF-κB-dependent inflammation in response to various infections or diseases, maintaining intestinal homeostasis.
Intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) offer a primary physical barrier against commensal and pathogenic microorganisms in the gastrointestine. However, the influence of IECs on the development and regulation of mucosal immunity to infection is unknown. Here, we show that the porcine beta-defensin 114 (PBD114) is an endotoxinresponsive gene expressed in IECs. Analysis on expression profiling of PBD114 gene using an infected porcine model and IPEC-J2 cells unveiled a pattern of induction in response to stimulation of various toll-like receptors (TLRs). By means of promoter analysis, PBD114 was found to be a NF-kappa B-dependent gene. Importantly, PBD114 suppresses endotoxin-induced inflammation and apoptosis in IECs through downregulation of two critical inflammation-associated signaling proteins, NF-kappa-B inhibitor alpha (IkB-alpha) and extracellular signalregulated kinase1/2 (ERK1/2). PBD114 also suppresses inflammation and IEC apoptosis in mice exposed to bacterial endotoxins. Thus, we propose that TLR-activated NF-kB rapidly increases the expression of PBD114 that operates a feedback control of the NF-kB-dependent inflammation. The NF-kB-dependent induction of PBD114 may be a key event through which the mammalian host maintains intestinal epithelium homeostasis in response to various infections or diseases.
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